Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Sheila Ross, senior designer in Marketing and Communications at Fordham, has her work on display as part of "A.I.R. The History Show: Work by A.I.R. artists from 1972 to the present," at A.I.R. Gallery in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

The show runs through November 29, 2008, and is curated by Kat Griefen and Carey Lovelace.A.I.R. Gallery, 111 Front St., Brooklyn, NY 11201

Aztec Two-Step channelTrenton TimesThe live album was culled from a performance of the songbook last year at WFUV in New York, Fordham University's radio station -- and home of famed disc jockey Pete Fornatale, one of the original voices of WNEW.

Bound for PerditionWall Street JournalMr. Cassuto, a professor of English at Fordham University, is the author of "Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories," just released by Columbia University Press.

MASSARO: Student helps doctors in IndiaRocky Mountain News"It was emotionally and physically draining," said (Jacob) Pellinen, a senior biology major at New York's Fordham University. Pellinen is one of two Fordham University students to receive the annual Tobin Award, given to those "who show the most creativity and adventure in choosing a self-made summer abroad program between their junior and senior years," according to a Fordham release. The award is named in honor of Mark Tobin, a Fordham student killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.

Friday, November 21, 2008

The Fordham Community was saddened to learn in September of the tragic death of Zander Toulouse, the eight year old son of Christopher Toulouse, visiting professor of political science, in a bicycle accident near his home in Brooklyn.

All are invited to attend a Memorial Service to honor Zander, give thanks for his life and his wonderful spirit, and to show our support to Professor Toulouse and his wife.

The service will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, November 21 on the 12th Floor of Lowenstein Center, at Fordham's Lincoln Center Campus.

For further information, please contact Rev. Vincent DeCola, S.J., at (212) 636-8269, or at decola@fordham.edu.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Fordham's Community Service Program and Campus Ministry are once again sponsoring the annual Food and Coat drives to benefit the local community partners in the Bronx and Manhattan. Community-based organizations such as Part of the Solution (POTS), Concourse House, National Student Partnerships (NSP) and Cathedral Community Cares of St. John the Divine will benefit greatly from your generous support.

Thanksgiving Food Drive - November 10 through 21 Local food pantries are struggling to meet the needs of their clients, particularly during the holiday season. If you would prefer to make a monetary donation, please make checks out to "Campus Ministry."

Winter Clothing Drive - December 1 through 19 As the weather gets colder, we will begin to collect warm winter clothing in good condition to be distributed through our community partners. If you would prefer to make a monetary donation, please make checks out to "Campus Ministry."

Coats, sweatshirts, scarves, gloves, sweaters, and socks, as well as checks may be brought to:ROSE HILL: McGinley Center 102 LINCOLN CENTER: Lowenstein Plaza (bins at the top of the escalator)

Monday, November 10, 2008

Undergraduate researchers from across the University will discuss their work and have it judged by faculty experts at the annual Research Fair at Lincoln Center on Thursday November 13, 2008.

The fair, sponsored by the Office of the Dean at Fordham College at Lincoln Center, and the Department of Natural Sciences, will highlight the work of 18 students at a poster session, and five students presenting abstracts, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Lowenstein Plaza, followed by an award ceremony from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Cafeteria Atrium.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Martin King, who worked at Fordham University for 43 years in the machine shop of the Physics Department, died on Nov. 4 after a brief illness.

Services for the longtime Fordham employee will be held Saturday, Nov. 8 at 10:45 a.m. at St. Barnabas Church, 409 E. 241st Street, Bronx, N.Y. 10470.

King was known to many on the Fordham campus as a master of all trades. Among the things King repaired are the clock and the WFUV transmitter at the top of Keating Hall, the grandfather clock in the president’s office, and the historic lamp posts near the University Church. His workshop was in the basement of Freeman Hall, and he frequently fixed critical pieces of equipment over the years. Fordham will remember the things seen and unseen that he has done for the university over the last four decades.

King is survived by his wife Eleanor, daughter Michelle (FCRH ‘94), and son Patrick (FCRH ‘99, GBA ‘07).

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Terrence W. Tilley, Ph.D., professor of theology at Fordham and chair of the department, was named Alumnus of the Year by the Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley). Tilley, president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, was presented with a plaque by James Donohue, Ph.D., president of the Graduate Theological Union, at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion on Saturday, November 1, in Chicago. Tilley is pictured flanked by Donohue (left) and Rev. Arthur Holder, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate Theological Union.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

You know something unusual is happening on campus when there's a Ben & Jerry's truck parked outside O'Hare Hall at 8 O’Clock at night. Fordham students gathered in O'Keefe Commons on election night to watch the returns come in on two huge projection television screens, fueled by catered sandwiches, salads and fruit, and a cup of Ben & Jerry's ice cream for every attendee.

More than 100 students attended the watch party, and from 7 p.m. to almost midnight the room was abuzz with conversation, punctuated by shouts of glee (and a few groans of despair) as CNN and Fox News started calling states for the candidates. A number of students were interviewed and photographed by the Daily News and News 12 The Bronx, who were on hand to get reactions live as the results came in.

College Democrats were unsurprisingly jubilant when CNN projected Senator Barack Obama as the winner shortly after 11 p.m. Some students watching the returns on the Fox network were more subdued. The only strongly negative reaction students had was to the CNN hologram interview with rapper will.i.am—at issue wasn’t what he had to say to Anderson Cooper: students apparently thought the hologram experiment was pretty cheesy.

The event was sponsored by the Dean of Students, Residential Life, Office of Student Leadership and Community Development, the Alcohol and Other Drug Education Program, USG, RHA, CSA, College Democrats, Young Republicans, Community Service, Peer Educators, American Age and The Ram. The watch party was similar in format, and drew about the same number of students, as previous election year events sponsored by the same groups, including viewings of the first presidential debate in September, and the vice presidential and presidential debates in October.